Accommodating the newfound strategic importance of educational technologists within higher education: A critical literature review

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-231

  Shurville, Simon ^a   Browne, Tom ^b   Whitaker, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E learning; Educational innovation; Flexible learning; Higher education; Human resource strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949132485     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740910967384     Document Type: Review

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